# US 8,784,239 B2 · Batting training device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,784,239 B2 - Document ID: US8784239B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/441,258 - Filed: 2012-04-06 - Published: 2012-10-11 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-08 - Applicants: Bryan Harvey; Todd Wright - Inventors: Bryan Harvey; Todd Wright - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8784239B2 ## CPC - A63B 69/0002: {for baseball} - A63B 2069/0008: {for batting} - A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A batting training device includes: a base having opposed front and rear portions and opposed left and right portions, each portion including at least one mounting point; a back pole extending upward from a mounting point in the back portion; a side pole extending upward from a mounting point in either the left or right side portions; and a tee extending upward from one a mounting point in the front portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A batting training device comprising: a base having opposed front and rear portions and opposed left and right portions, each portion including at least one mounting point; a back pole extending upward from a mounting point in the back portion; a side pole extending upward from a mounting point in either the left or right side portions; and a tee extending upward from a mounting point in the front portion; wherein at least one of the tee or the side pole carries a target at an upper end thereof which is configured to pivot from an upright position to a lowered position when struck, the target comprising a body, a pair of legs extending from the body, and a stub shaft extending laterally from a distal end of each leg, wherein each stub shaft is received in a hole in the upper end of the tee or the side pole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the tee, the back pole, and the side pole comprises an outer tube and an inner member assembled in a friction-fit telescoping relationship. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the tee, the back pole, and the side pole includes a concave depression formed at its upper end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein a lower end of at least one of the tee, the back pole, and the side pole is formed into a tapered plug shape and includes a radially-extending flange. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein each mounting point comprises a circular socket in the base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein a plurality of spaced-apart mounting points are disposed in each of the front, rear, left, and right portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein the base includes a central opening in the shape of an irregular pentagon. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein at least one recess is formed in an underside of the base, the recess sized to accept one of the tee, the side pole, or the back pole in a position generally parallel to an underside of the base. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The batting training device of claim 8 further comprising a retaining strap extending across the recess and adapted to secure one of the tee, the side pole, or the back pole in the recess. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 further comprising at least one handle carried by the base. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The batting training device of claim 1 wherein the upper end of the tee or the side pole to which the target is attached includes a pair of spaced-apart channels formed therein, the channels positioned to receive and releasably hold the legs to maintain the target in an upright position. ### Claim 12 A batting training device comprising: a base having opposed front and rear portions and opposed left and right portions, each portion including at least one mounting point; a back pole extending upward from a mounting point in the back portion; a side pole extending upward from a mounting point in either the left or right side portions; a tee extending upward from a mounting point in the front portion; and a knee bar extending laterally outward from the side pole, wherein the knee bar comprises a wire frame structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The batting training device of claim 12 wherein the knee bar includes a generally C-shaped mounting clip which resiliently engages the side pole. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The batting training device of claim 12 wherein the knee bar comprises the generally C-shaped mounting clip, a central portion, and an end portion which is laterally offset from the central portion and the mounting clip.